N651US
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAIR | Operator | on 1991-05-04 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
41 reports on file, 1995-01-29 – 2006-08-12.
Part: PRESSURE SWITCH — MALFUNCTIONED (RUDDER) · airframe 67,683 hrs · 13,107 cycles
FLIGHT 1029, CLT-CUN: DURING FLIGHT, CREW RECEIVED EICAS MESSAGE -RUDDER RATIO- WITH ASSOCIATED WARNING LIGHT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO CLT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED PRESSURE SWITCH S27. NO FURTHER FAULTS.
Part: WIRE — LOOSE (CABIN) · airframe 66,600 hrs · 12,924 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT ON FLOOR PATH INOPERATIVE BETWEEN SEAT ROWS 7 AND 17 LEFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND LOOSE CONNECTION AT SEAT ROW 7AB. RESECURED WIRE. NO FURTHER FAULTS.
Part: LIGHT — FAILED (ESCAPE SLIDE) · airframe 66,524 hrs · 12,910 cycles
DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK OF MED ESCAPE SLIDE, THE SLIDE MOUNTED LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE ASSEMBLY.
Part: RECEIVER — OSCILLATES (VOR SYSTEM) · airframe 66,112 hrs · 12,834 cycles
FLIGHT 651, CLT-SJU: DURING CLIMB, BOTH VOR'S DEFLECTED BACK AND FORTH FULL SCALE, AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN BEARING TO ANY STATION. FLIGHT RETURNED TO CLT. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT VERIFY FAULT. CHECKED WITH ALL POWER SOURCES. INSPECTED E&E RACK CONNECTORS. NO FAULTS NOTED. REPLACED BOTH VOR RECEIVERS AS PRECAUTIONARY.
Earlier reports · 1995–2005 · 37 reports
2005
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
BFM - FOUND CORROSION 1.6 INCH LONG BY 1.3 INCHES WIDE BY .035 INCH DEEP, BS 870 AND 860 AT RBL 74.8 AT MAIN CABIN FLOOR PANELS. ACCOMPLISHED FLOORBEAM SPLICE REPAIR PER SRM 53-00-51 FIG 203. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (ESCAPE SLIDE)
BFM DURING ANNUAL SLIDE INFLATION CHECK, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE. FURTHER INFORMATION PENDING.
2004
Part: PRESSURE SWITCH — FAULTY (LT ENGINE)
SJU - FL 1268 - EN ROUTE, THE CREW RECEIVED THE EICAS MESSAGE 'L OIL FILTER.' THE OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY WERE NORMAL. CREW REDUCED THRUST TO IDLE, BUT THE MESSAGE REMAINED. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SECURED. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO SJU AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE OIL FILTER AND FOUND ONLY MINOR CARBON PARTICLES. THE SCAVENGE FILTER DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. ENGINE RUN WAS PERFORMED. NO PROBLEMS NOTED. AIRCRAFT MADE READY FOR FERRY FLIGHT TO PHL.
Part: CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
CDG - FOUND FLOOR PROXIMITY LIGHTING INOPERATIVE IN THE LEFT AISLE, FORWARD BULKHEAD AFT TO ROW 7. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY CHARGER (M735) AND BATTERY.
Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — TRIPPED (TRANSFER BUSS)
SNN - FLT 71 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW COULD NOT RETRACT THE FLAPS. FLIGHT RETURNED TO SNN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE 115V RIGHT TRANSFER BUSS CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AND RESET IT. (M)
Part: PRESSURE SWITCH — FAULTY (FUEL FILTER)
APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF, CREW RECEIVED THE (E/M`R ENG FUEL FILT). FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND THE FUEL FILTER PRESSURE SWITCH.
Part: CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (R3 DOOR)
CLT - FOUND THE EXTERNAL SLIDE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT THE R3 DOOR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY CHARGER AND BATTERY. (M)
Part: WARNING LIGHT — FALSE ACTIVATION (COCKPIT)
EN ROUTE, THE CREW RECEIVED THE E/M'S (AILERON LOCKOUT) AND (FLAP/SLAT ELEC). FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FIM PROCEDURES FOR BOTH SYSTEMS. NO FAULTS FOUND. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR VERIFICATION FLIGHT. (M)
Part: COMPUTER — OUT OF ADJUST (FLT MANAGEMENT)
FRA - FLT 193 - AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW NOTED THAT THE FMC'S WERE NOT UPDATING AND WERE APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES OFF IN POSITION. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FRA AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REALIGNED THE IRU'S SEVERAL TIMES. BITE CHECK OF THE FMC'S WAS SATISFACTORY. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (ROW 19F)
PHL - FOUND FLOOR LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 19F INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. (M)
2003
Part: ADC — FAILED (COCKPIT)
EN ROUTE, FIRST OFFICER'S AIRSPEED AND ALTIMETER FLAGS CAME INTO VIEW, AND THE AUTOPILOT AND AUTO THROTTLE TRIPPED OFF. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ADC. (M)
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (RT ENGINE)
EN ROUTE, CREW NOTED HIGH EGT AND LOW OIL PRESSURE ON RIGHT ENGINE. CREW REDUCED THRUST TO IDLE POWER. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO YHZ AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INFORMATION ON THE FDR SHOWED THAT THE FUEL FLOW TO THE ENGINE DROPPED TO ZERO ON APPROACH, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AGL. (M)
Part: CONNECTOR — DEFECTIVE (LT WING)
PHL - FLT 192 - EN ROUTE CLT-FRA, NEAR BOS, CREW RECEIVED THE EICAS MESSAGE 'L STRUT DCT LEAK' AND THE ASSOCIATED LIGHT. THE CREW CLOSED THE LEFT BLEED SWITCH WITH NO EFFECT ON THE PROBLEM. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE M691 DUCT LEAK AND WHEEL WELL OVERHEAT CARD. ENGINE WS RUN TO TAKEOFF POEWR WITH BLEEDS ON. NO FAULTS WERE NOTED. ON A SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT, THE EICAS MESSAGE REOCCURRED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE STRUT NACELLE CONNECTOR. (M)
2002
Part: CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
PHL - FOUND THE AFT LEFT FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE M739 BATTERY CHARGER ASSEMBLY. OPS CHECK GOOD. (M)
Part: SLIDE — MALFUNCTIONED (L1 DOOR)
PHL - DURING THE ANNUAL SLIDE OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE L1 DOOR, THE SLIDE INFLATED BUT DEPLOYED IN A CROOKED MANNER. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED THE THE VELCRO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE DID NOT RELEASE PROPERLY, FORCING THE SLIDE TO CANT TO THE RIGHT SIDE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE. TWO MORE SLIDES WILL BE PROGRAMMED FOR OPERATIONAL CHECKS TO DETERMINE IF A FLEET-WIDE PROBLEM EXISTS. (M)
Part: CHARGER — FAILED (CABIN)
FOUND FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE FROM ROW 19 AFT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND BATTERY CHARGER.
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
FOUND EXIT LIGHT AT R1/L1 DIM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERIES.
Part: CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
LAX - FOUND LEFT AFT FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY CHARGER AND BATTERY. (M)
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT)
PHL - COCKPIT DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. (M)
Part: BEAM — CORRODED (STA325,RBL24,46)
CLT BEAM, 22 INCHES LONG, CORROSION, NO LEVEL OR TASK, STA 325, RBL 24-46. NEW T-CAP AND SPLICE PER SRM.
Part: ATTACH ANGLE — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
PIT - FOUND ATTACH ANGLE CRACKED 4 INCHES, STATION 1373 BETWEEN STRINGER 30R AND 29R. DEFECTIVE PART REPLACED WITH IDENT PART PER SRM 51-10-02. (M)
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (COCKPIT)
LAX - FLIGHT STATION EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT WOULD NOT TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERIES. (M)
2001
Part: FMC — FAILED (E/E BAY)
PHL - FLT 42 - EN ROUTE PHL-AMS, CREW NOTED THAT THE RIGHT FMC HAD FAILED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FMC. (M)
Part: WIRE — DISCONNECTED (CABIN)
CDG - FOUND FLOOR PROXIMITY LIGHTING INOPERATIVE AT ROWS 4 THROUGH 6. MAINTENANCE RECONNECTED THE WIRING AT ROW FOUR. (M)
Part: CONTROLLER — LEAKING (LT ENGINE)
PHL - FLT 12 - APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, THE LEFT ENGINE BLEED LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DUCT PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO, AND THE LEFT PACK 'INOP' LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LEAKING FITTING ON THE LEFT ENGINE PRV CONTROLLER AND REPLACED IT. (M)
Part: PLUG — DEFECTIVE (FUEL SYSTEM)
PHL - FLT 126 - EN ROUTE PHL-LGW, CREW NOTED THAT THE CENTER FUEL TANK QUANTITY INDICATION AND THE FUEL TOTALIZER HAD GONE BLANK. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT AUXILIARY HARNESS AND NR 2 PROBE, WHICH DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE LEFT AND RIGHT BUSSING PLUGS WERE THEN REPLACED. (M)
2000
Part: CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
CLT - FOUND FIRST CLASS CABIN, LEFT SIDE FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER. (M)
Part: CHARGER — FAILED (INOPERATIVE)
CLT - FOUND THE FIRST CLASS OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTING, LEFT SIDE, INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY CHARGER. (M)
1999
Part: BULB — FAILED (COCKPIT)
PHL - FLT 893 - ON APPROACH TO PHL, BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR EXTENDED. CREW ACCOMPLISHED A FLYBY FOR PHL TOWER WHO OBSERVED GEAR TO BE DOWN. AFTER CONSULATION WITH PHL MAINTENANCE AND PIT MAINTENANCE CONTROL, FLIGHT CREW REPLACED BOTH NOSE GEAR BULBS AND INDICATIONS BECAME NORMAL. FLIGHT LANDED AT PHL WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. INCIDENT NOTED BY PHL MAINTENANCE. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. (M)
1998
Part: VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (RT PACK)
PHL - FLT 98 - AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH THE RIGHT HIGH STAGE BLEED VALVE ON MEL. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT PACK ISOLATION VALVE FAILED, DISABLING THE RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING PACK. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED A FAULTY TERMINAL EYELET AT POST 2 ON THE STUD PLATE ON THE HPSOV. (M)
Part: CLOCK — FAILED (COCKPIT)
PHL - FLT 42 - FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL TWICE DUE TO FMC PROBLEMS. ETA'S WERE NOT BEING DISPLAYED ON THE PROGRESS PAGE ON BOTH OF THE CDU'S. MAINTENANCE SWAPPED BOTH FMC'S WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. NO FAULT WAS FOUND WITH THE FMC'S. THE CAPTAIN'S CLOCK WAS REMOVED. ANAYLIS OF THE CLOCK REVEALED THAT A DIFFERENCE WAS PRESENT IN THE TIME BETWEEN THE CLOCKS TWO DATA BUS LINES. THE FAULT WAS TRACED TO AN INVERTER/BUFFER CHIP ON THE A3 CARD. (M)
Part: VOR — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT)
PHL - FLT EN ROUTE PHL-MAD, THE AUTOTHROTTLES FAILED. CREW WAS ABLE TO RESET. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CREW RECEIVED THE EICAS MESSAGE 'LT FMT FAIL', AT WHICH TIME THE CENTER AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. CREW WAS ABLE TO REGAIN USE OF LEFT FMC, BUT DECIDED TO RETURN TO PHL. EN ROUTE PHL, THE RIGHT ADF FAILED ONCE AND THE RIGHT VOR FAILED THREE TIMES (CREW WAS ABLE TO STORE AFTER EACH FAILURE). FLIGHT LANDED AT PHL WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE FIM PROCEDURE FOR THE FMC, AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THE RIGHT VOR AND RIGHT ADF RECEIVERS WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. (M)
1997
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (BS 287)
CLT - DURING VISUAL CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION .040 INCH DEEP BY 1 INCH WIDE AT UPPER CAP OF CABIN FLOORBEAM 287 RBL 80. DEFERRED OM 7 NR 33455. (M)
Part: COOLING FAN — FAILED (E/E COMPT)
YHZ - FL 3 EN ROUTE FCO-PHL, CREW NOTED SMOKE AND ODOR IN COCKPIT. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. CREW ALSO HEARD A NOISE IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE ODOR BECAM ACRID. THE EICAS STATUS MESSAGE 'FWD EQPT EXH FAN' WAS PRESENT. FLT DIVERTED TO YHZ AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FORWARD EQUIPMENT COOLING EXHAUST FAN TO BE POPPING ITS CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PHL MAINTENANCE REPLACED IT. (M)
1996
Part: PACK — FAILED (LT AIR COND)
PIT - FLT 10 - DURING TAKEOFF FROM PIT, THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PACK KICKED OFF. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PIT AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BITE ON THE PACK CONTROLLERS. NO FAULT WAS FOUND. THE RIGHT PACK TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED AS PRECAUTION. (M)
1995
Part: EEL BATT CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
PHL - THE CROSS AISLE FLOOR LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAILED TO TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD. (Z)
Part: EEL BATT CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN)
PHL - THE CROSS AISLE FLOOR LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAILED TO TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD. (Z)